AU  - Abel-Smith,Brian
ED  - Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
TI  - Choices in health policy : : an agenda for the European Union 
SN  - 1855217627 (pbk)
U1  - 362.1094 ABE 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Aldershot, Brookfield, Vermont
PB  - Dartmouth
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - European Union countries
KW  - Health planning
N1  - Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg; Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index; Chapter 1: Challenges to health--Recent trends in health status and the potential for health improvement--Inequalities in health and health services--Summary--Chapter 2: The health care context-- The organization and financing of health care--Variations in the utilization of health resources--The public\'s perception of their health services--Summary--Chapter 3: Cost containment and health care reform--Cost-sharing--Expenditure ceilings--Limiting doctors and hospital beds--Optimizing the use of technologies--Alternatives to in-patient care--Influencing the resource use authorized by doctors--Pharmaceutical prices--The effectiveness of cost containing measures - potential for further action--Major health care reform--Chapter 4: Outcomes Management and technology assessment--Managing health outcome--Needs assessment--Technology assessment--Chapter 5: Establishing priorities in practice--Ministerial responsibilities within central government--The role of government--Involving the public--Provider groups--Research-based evidence--Chapter 6: Systematic approaches to establishing priorities--Introduction-- Some methodological approaches to priority setting--The new approaches--Summary--Chapter 7: Preventive interventions and health promotion--Integration of preventive and curative services--Specific interventions--Responses to major challenges to health--Can preventive action save curative costs?--Summary--Chapter 8: Migrants and ethnic minorities--Health needs of migrants--Services for migrants and ethnic minorities--Chapter 9: Proposals for the future role of the european community--Cost containment policies and health care reforms--Outcomes management and technology assessment--Priority setting--Priorities for action in the EU--Preventive interventions and health promotion--Inequalities in health and the use of health services--Services for migrants and ethnic minorities--Learning from different experiences--Conclusion
ER  -